Whoso associates with the wicked will be accused of following their ways, though their principles may have made no impression upon him; just as if a person were in the habit of frequenting a tavern, he would not be supposed to go there for prayer, but to drink intoxicating liquor. _Sa’dī._ 216. The loss of a much-prized treasure is only half felt when we have not regarded its tenure as secure. _Goethe._ 217. The dull-hued turkey apes the gait Of lordly peacock, richly plumed; And thus the poetaster shows When he would fain his verse recite. _Hindu Poetess._ 218. Knowledge acquired by a man of low degree places him on a level with a prince, as a small river attains the irremeable ocean; and his fortune is then exalted. _Hitopadesa._ 219. An evil-minded man is quick to see His neighbour’s faults, though small as mustard seed; But when he turns his eyes towards his own, Though large as _bilva_ fruit, he none descries. _Mahābhārata._ 220. Two persons die remorseful: he who possessed and enjoyed not, and he who knew but did not practise. _Sa’dī._ 221. With regard to a secret divulged and kept concealed, there is an excellent proverb, that the one is an arrow still in our possession, the other is an arrow sent from the bow. _Jāmī._ 222. The thing we want eludes our grasp, Some other thing is given; sometimes Our wish is gained, and gifts unsought Are ours; these all are God’s own work. _Hindu Poetess._ 223. If a man conquer in battle a thousand times a thousand men, and if another conquer himself, he is the greater of conquerors.[10] _Dhammapada._ [10] Cf. Prov. XVI, 32. 224. The man who is in the highest state of prosperity, and who thinks his fortune is most secure, knows not if it will remain unchanged till the evening. _Demosthenes._ 225. Amongst all possessions knowledge appears pre-eminent. The wise call it supreme riches, because it can never be lost, has no price, and can at no time be destroyed. _Hitopadesa._ 226. The shadows of the mind are like those of the body. In the morning of life they all lie behind us, at noon we trample them under foot, and in the evening they stretch long, broad, and deepening before us. _Longfellow._ 227.